Pressed dried plants, well labeled and stored under standardized conditions in scientific institutions serve as taxonomical reference and as research specimens.In the past, herbaria were only accessible to researchers. Internet makes some of the herbaria virtually accessible to everybody.

Living plants not growing in their natural environment (but ex situ!) serve educational and scientific purposes. Sometimes nearly extinct species are cultivated before their reintroduction in nature. For Peperomias this is actually the case only with Peperomia wheeleri. Living Peperomia collections may be found in botanical gardens. Two Belgian botanical gardens have quite an important collection: Ghent and Meise both grow more than 100 different species. Although you will find Peperomias in the greenhouses of most botanical gardens they often belong to study collections not accessible to the public.

There are some private Peperomia collections, a great deal of them focusing on succulents. And of course you have the assortments offered by commercial growers.